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I haven't kept up with all of this in quite awhile. I've got a Slimline 5 dish that utilizes 101, 110, 119, 99, and 103.

I've been trying (unsuccessfully) to find a "footprint" map of local markets. I need to know the Little Rock, AR markets and the Baton Rouge, LA local market footprint areas. Is there a link somewhere that shows this? What sat/transponder does DirecTV send locals through? TIA.

I'd like to add that I did take a look at a thread on here that utilized Google Earth, but it didn't show what I was looking for.

Thy have to be on the transponder map. If DirecTV offers locals in a market, they are there. Make sure you are on the LIL tab in the spreadsheet. It doesn't work too well on the ipad or I'd check it myself.

Also, you want to look at the first post, from gct for the transponder map, then for the footprint look at GCT'S posts as well, starting with the first post.

I'm really frustrated. I found what I needed in the past with relative ease. I'm not sure why I'm having so much difficulty in finding this. Ugh. The first link that was listed above doesn't have Little Rock or Baton Rouge listed. The second link that has the excel file attachment does have Little Rock and Baton Rouge. I found the satellite, transponder info, etc. in the excel file. Now, how do I use that info. to find the footprint area for each local market? I don't understand why this is so difficult. I'm sure it's operator error.

See below attached screen shot on the Little Rock local market. How do I use that info. to find the broadcast footprint?